I had put together a company of US and Free French infantry some time ago. I organized each platoon, so I could play it as either Infantry, mech infantry of engineers. I…
Tag: West Front
FOW – 1944 Dutch Princess Irene Infantry.
I finally decided I wanted to do some dutch troops for 1940. I found that Peter Pig has a nice line, so I ordered enough for a company. Once I did that,…
D&B – Early War Play Test, Hannut.
It was time for another micro armor rule play test. We had been doing late for up to now, so I thought it was a good time to switch things up a…
D&B – Westwall German Counter Attack, September 1944.
I set up the next play test of D&B as an attack of German Volksgrenadiers against the US south shoulder at the beginning of the Ardennes Offensive. Unfortunately, my two American players…
D&B – Attack Towards Tilburg.
So, I went through my notes and put a lot of thought into the my new micro armor rules after the last game and decided I needed to do a few things….
FOW – Peiper’s Charge, December 1944
To start our new Battle of the Bulge theme, we decided to play a scenario that was posted on Battlefront’s Flames of War website. The scenario is no longer on the site,…
D&B – Battle of Goch-Calcar Road, February 1945.
The next D&B latest game was the battle of Goch-Calcar Road in February of 1945. The battle took place at the beginning of the British Reichwald attacks launched to start of operation…
FOW – Battle of Maury, September 1944.
The final game of our Lorraine theme was a big one for eight players. The scenario that we created depicted the attack by Panzer Brigade 106 against the U.S. 90th Infantry Division…
D&B – Battle of Verrieres Ridge, July 1944.
Having a few generic playtest games under my belt, I thought it was time to start running historical scenarios to see how things flowed compared to the actual historic fights. Since I…
FOW – Battle of Singling, December 1944
We continued our “Tank Battles in Lorraine” theme with the battle of Singling. Our scenario was derived from a scenario on the “wargamerabbit” blog, which was sourced to the old “What Would…